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At the launch there will be live music, free food and drink, entertainment, lively discussions, products for sale and perhaps the odd treat or two… all Fairtrade, of course! Key Partner News - Christian Aid

I think we’re all looking for love. Not necessarily romantic love, we might not even describe our behaviour as ‘looking for love’ but I think everyone wants to belong, to be part of something, to feel needed, to feel significant. It’s hardwired in the human condition. The bible states that we can love God because God first loved us (1 John 4:9)....

Maybe it's just me, but Do you ever worry that sometimes we’ve  got loads of answers to questions no-one is asking? I think Paul provides some encouragement to point us in the right direction. He was an inspiring guy, some people even call him ‘the man of vision’. He had a lot of visions: a vision of Christ, a missionary vision, a...

If you ask a group of friends in your church about their best experience of ‘mission’, I’m sure you’ll hear a lot of variety. We all have preferences, different backgrounds and upbringings, unique interests, motivations, passions and desires. It’s not a great leap to suggest that these influence our approach to mission. Consciously or sub-consciously, we all approach mission and...

Does anyone here get those Alpha newspapers through the post? Basically, they’re full of good news stories about people whose lives have been changed and who’ve come to know Jesus on Alpha courses. Some of those stories are crazy. I remember I read one a couple of months ago. This guy used to be a soldier, then ended up as...

A number of the locations on the loveyouruni tour featured a seminar called ‘mission styles’. This is an idea the fusion team have been thinking about for a while. I’m sure you know some people who leap at the opportunity to turn up the heat at a ‘grill a Christian’ forum. Others are incredibly impacted by a simple act of kindness...

I have a sense of anticipation for 2010 but also for this new decade. I sense a new resolve and purpose in my spirit to make a difference through living for God and have been asking questions that start with ‘in 10 years time…’ and end with things like: Who will be my friends? What will my relationship with my wife and kids...